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peered down, but could not dis
tingush anything plainly. They then ran
to the opposite end of the bridge where
the embankment is low and as they went
they noticed that none of the rails were
broken. When they reached the wreck
the scene was terrible one. The four
cars which had partially broken through
the ice were partly overturned. The for.
ward car had caught fire and the air was
rent with the shrieks of the dead and
/ dying. Mr.. Lee on reaching the rear car
pulled out little boy of about II years
from the wreck but he was unconscious.
Al that time there were only five or six to
do The work of resculng and it was neces-
sarily slow.
David Remillard of Brockton, Mass.
pulled out boy who was dead Mr. Lee
then found a man whom he cannot de-
scribe who said that he was not hurt, but
his foot was caught. Mr.. Lee vainly at
tempted to eXtricate him and the man
told him to get lantern. Mr.. Lee went
for one and when he returned the car was
enveloped in flames and the unfortunate
man was burned to death. Mr.
Lee then undertook to release a
woman but was unable to do so be-
fore she was enveloped in the flames
The other members of the rescuing party
had succeeded in taking Il number of the
wounded from the wreck all of whom
were taken back under the bridge. Soon
the spreading of the fire to the bridge
rendered their removal necessary and
they were taken to houses near by in
teams.
soon after the accident man was
noticed leaning on the edge of one of the
cars and calling to his wife, saying Mary
are you there No answer came and then
he would lean back and moan
in his anguish. When Mr. Lee
looked at him again he was gone
and it is supposed that he jumped
INTO the wreck and persisted with his wife.
In an hour from the time the accident
occurred the cars were nearly consumed
Mr.. Lee thinks there were ten
or twelve calling for help whom
1t was impossible to save. After
that time he spent an hour or more in OBJ
those who escaped. He thinks there were
twenty injured whom he did not reach,
but he obtained the following list:
WENT DOWN But NOT HURT.
f. Chognon Manchester, y. H.
a. Lavalley, Greenfield Mass.
VIM. Holloway, POP, +, "A street, y. y.
{. c. Dommet, Boston, Mass.
j. Beauregard.
NOTES OF THE DISASTER.
The fact that some letters addressed to
G. A. Hubbard were found among the de
brs taken from one of the cars gave rise
to apprehensiOns that Charles Allen, who
travels for Curtis \. Hubbard of this city
might have been on the train. This, how
ever, was not the case The letters be
longed to Charles A. Hubbard of Cam
bridge, Mass, who was among those in
jured in the wreck.
Mr.. George Towle of this city whom it
was at first feared might have been among
the passengers, left Boston, it is said, by
that train; but stopped at Concord, y. II.
A despatch received by Collector Small
ley yesterday says that Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Casey of Albany, were at the Quincy
House, Boston, after the departure
of the train for Montreal on Friday even
ing, and consequently could not have
been on the train
Mr.. James Stone of this city of whose
fate there is no question, was the proprie-
Tor of the City Hotel, in this city. He
was worthy member of Stannard Post,
Il. y. X, and sufferer from a wound re-
ceived i'll the war. He leaves wife and
four small children.
Mr.. Westcott of this city. who was
among the killed, was ii plumber who
mas been III the employ OF Wheelock &
kinSsland. He leaves a wife and one
child. A messenger goes to-day to bring
his remainSto Waterbury, which was the
former home of Mrs. Westcott.
1t is understood that the agents OF the
railroad company settled with Mr.. Devino
upon the spot, for 500 for the loss of hi,
VIE and S25 for his own injuries and that
the company has, as far as possible, set
tied with all the sufferers, who would con
sent to accept some small compensation.
The train was made up of the section
that came from Boston and that which
came from New York by way of Spring
field, connections being made at White
River Junction. The New York section
contained coach and the pilgrim"
Pullman sleeping car The Pullman car
from Boston was the st. Adams" and
Conductor NJ. H. Burgess had charge of
both Pullmans.
Prof. Merrill of the University want to
Hartford saturday evening to make in
qulries concerning some friends of his,
supposed to have been on the wrecked
train on their way from Boston to Mon |
treal.
The remains of Conductor Sturtevant
were conveyed to st. Adams on a special |
train which left White River Junction
about O'Clock. The same train brought /
Drs. Grinnell and Bingham to Essex
Junction where they We're met by a spe-
clal from this city and brought home.
A little boy of five years, named Ben |
Jamln Belllnger, is at Il farm house in |
Hartford somewhat injured. He was on |
the tram with an elder sister and brother, |
both OF whom We're killed.
n large proportion of the injured have |
wounds IN the head, received by falling |
headlong when the cars upset. Some have
fearful scalp wounds
The Burlington surgeons, Drs. Bing-
ham, Grlnnell and Linsley worked hard |
and faithfully, day and night over the
wounded; and report them as generally
doing well and likely to recover.
A woman whose remains were taken
from the train had her face so badly burn
ed that 1t was impossible to identify her.
She had on a pair of corsets which were
about the only article of her clothing not
burned, These were of a dark blue color
and may serve to identify her.
Conductor Sturtevant was removed
from the coach next to the sleeper, and
probably met his accident as he was
standing in the forward end of the car.
HIS right shoulder was crushed in, his
right ankle broken, two severe scalp
wounds were made on the head and he
WAS terribly bI1rDaH al o,,t ba 10,